Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Broschiertes Buch

Southern Horrors

Lynch Law in All Its Phases

Beschreibung

With those words, Ida B. Wells prefaces her searing work, "Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases." Published in 1892, the pamphlet is an indictment of the lynchings perpetrated against blacks by Southern whites in the years following the Civil War. She followed up three years later with even more detailed, data-driven reporting in "The Red Record."

Autor

Black American journalist, suffragist, and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, on July 16, 1862. She made headlines for her ferocious resistance to lynching and support of women's suffrage. In Memphis, Tennessee, Wells-Barnett started her career as a teacher before switching to journalism after being terminated for speaking out against the poor circumstances in black schools. As the editor of a neighborhood newspaper, she started writing on the injustices of lynching, which was then a common occurrence in the South. The lynching problem received widespread attention because to Wells-reportage, Barnett's which also fueled the anti-lynching campaign. She was also a founding member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and played a significant role in the women's suffrage campaign. Even in the face of threats and violence, Wells-Barnett persisted in speaking out against racism and injustice throughout her life. At the age of 68, she passed away in Chicago, Illinois, on March 25, 1931. Wells-Barnett is now regarded as a pioneer and a civil rights movement hero. Social justice campaigners and activists all around the globe are still motivated by her legacy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Classy Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 56
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 129mm x 3mm
• Gewicht: 71g
• ISBN-13: 9789355220141
• ISBN-10: 9355220146
• Artikelnr.: 63266046